%PRESENT 1 10 1 CLOTHES HAT HUT HOOT you give a HOOT when you see your mother's hat. SHOE SCHUH SHOOH a SHOE on the German flag. TROUSERS HOSEN HOHSEN HOSING down a pair of trousers. SKIRT ROCK ROCK a skirt spread over a large ROCK. SHIRT HEMD HEMT being HEMMED into a corner by a row of shirts. DRESS KLEID KLITE - the ITE as in bite you COLLIDE with a dress. TIE SCHLIPS SHLIPS someone who SLIPS and gets caught up in his tie, so it nearly chokes him. SOCKS SOCKEN ZOCKEN your dirty SOCKS lying on the German flag. COAT MANTEL MANTEL someone trying to disMANTLE your coat. BLOUSE BLUSE BLOOSEH someone with a BLUE blouse. * %TRANSLATE_F_E 10 * %GERMGEN 10 M a boxer boxing with a hat on. M a boxer throwing a shoe at his opponent. F a little girl trying trousers on. (In fact, HOSEN is the plural of the feminine noun DIE HOSE). M a boxer dressed in a skirt. N burning your shirt on the fire. N someone throwing a dress on a fire. M a boxer putting a tie on before going out to fight. F a little girl putting her socks on. (In fact, SOCKEN is the plural of the feminine noun DIE SOCKE). M a boxer draped in a heavy coat. F a little girl with a beautiful new party blouse. * %PRESENT 2 10 0 FAMILY WORDS FATHER VATER FAHTTER your father getting FATTER and fatter. MOTHER MUTTER MUTTER - the U as in put your mother MUTTERING away to herself. BROTHER BRUDER BROODER you have a brother who BROODS a great deal. SISTER SCHWESTER SHVESTER a SWEATER on your sister. HUSBAND MANN MANN the first MAN you see is your husband. WIFE FRAU FROW - the OW as in cow a FROWN on your wife. SON SOHN ZOHN your son has SOWN his wild oats. DAUGHTER TOCHTER TOCHTER - the CH as in loch saying "I TAUGHT HER, your daughter". BOY JUNGE YUNGEH - the U as in put a group of YOUNG boys. GIRL MÄDCHEN MAIDCHEN - the CH as in loch a group of little MAIDENS, girls of course. * %TEXT 1 GENDERS The gender of: GIRL is NEUTER [DAS MÄDCHEN] Imagine a little girl playing with fire. All other family words have genders which agree with the sex, so they will be given here: # 0 THE FATHER is DER VATER 0 THE MOTHER is DIE MUTTER 0 THE BROTHER is DER BRUDER 0 THE SISTER is DIE SCHWESTER 0 THE HUSBAND is DER MANN 0 THE WIFE is DIE FRAU 0 THE SON is DER SOHN 0 THE DAUGHTER is DIE TOCHTER 0 THE BOY is DER JUNGE 0 THE GIRL is DAS MÄDCHEN # * %PRESENT 3 10 0 SOME MORE USEFUL WORDS ONLY NUR NOOR thinking "If ONLY I KNEW HER". VERY SEHR ZAIR feeling VERY keen to SEE HER. YES JA YA your mother saying "YES, take the JAR". NO NEIN NINE being told NO! NINE times. ALSO AUCH OWCH - the OW as in cow; CH as in loch you ALSO say OW! NOT NICHT NEECHT - the CH as in loch thinking "I hope this is NOT NICKED". QUITE GANZ GANTS GANGS make you QUITE frightened. THIS DIES DEES thinking THIS is a TEASE. THAT DAS DAS thinking "THAT DUST is thick". THERE DA DAH a child saying to his father "THERE, there DA DA". * %TEXT 0 ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR: PERSONAL PRONOUNS. The German for I is ICH. (pronounced EECH) The German for I AM is ICH BIN. Imagine thinking "I AM a BIN". 0 So, ICH BIN MÜDE is I AM TIRED 0 ICH BIN WEISS is I AM WHITE # * %SENTENCES_E_F 5 I AM GREEN ICH BIN GRÜN I AM VERY TIRED ICH BIN SEHR MÜDE AM I BIG OR EMPTY? BIN ICH GROSS ODER LEER? NO, I AM NOT VERY BLACK NEIN, ICH BIN NICHT SEHR SCHWARZ I AM NOT HEAVY ICH BIN NICHT SCHWER * %SENTENCES_F_E 10 ICH BIN ROT UND GROSS I AM RED AND BIG ICH BIN NICHT KLEIN I AM NOT SMALL ICH BIN AUCH SPÄT I AM ALSO LATE JA, ICH BIN SEHR WEISS YES, I AM VERY WHITE NEIN, ICH BIN NICHT LEER ODER LAUT NO, I AM NOT EMPTY OR NOISY DAS KLEID IST NUR GRÜN, UND DER SCHLIPS IST NUR BLAU THE DRESS IS ONLY GREEN, AND THE TIE IS ONLY BLUE IST DER MANTEL SEHR GROSS UND WEISS? IS THE COAT VERY BIG AND WHITE? NEIN, DER VATER IST NICHT KLEIN, UND DIE MUTTER IST NIGHT GROSS, ABER DER SOHN IST SEHR GROSS NO, THE FATHER IS NOT SMALL, AND THE MOTHER IS NOT BIG, BUT THE SON IS VERY BIG WAR DER MANN LAUT, UND WAR DAS MÄDCHEN SPÄT? WAS THE HUSBAND NOISY, AND WAS THE GIRL LATE? DIE FRAU IST SCHNELL, ABER DIE TOCHTER IST MÜDE THE WIFE IS QUICK, BUT THE DAUGHTER IS TIRED * %TEXT 1 ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR: YOU; ARE. The German for YOU is DU. Imagine the phrase "How do YOU DO"? The German for ARE is BIST. Imagine telling someone that you think you ARE BEST. 0 So, To say YOU ARE LATE you say DU BIST SPÄT 0 To say YOU ARE HEAVY you say DU BIST SCHWER # PLEASE NOTE The German DU for YOU is used only when you know someone quite well; for example, when you say to your friend "you are black". When you have just met someone for the first time YOU is SIE (pronounced ZEE) in German. To say YOU ARE, in this case,you say SIE SIND (pronounced ZINT). Imagine YOU ARE SINNED against. So, the German for YOU ARE is: 0 DU BIST when you know someone well, or 0 SIE SIND when you do not know someone well. # You also use the word SIND for ARE in sentences such as: THE CAT AND THE DOG ARE BLACK In German this sentence is: DER HUND UND DIE KATZE SIND SCHWARZ The word SIND is the normal word for ARE. # * %SENTENCES_E_F 5 YOU ARE NOT TIRED (said to a friend) DU BIST NICHT MÜDE THE SHIRT AND THE SKIRT ARE VERY BLUE DAS HEMD UND DER ROCK SIND SEHR BLAU NO, THE SHOE AND THE HAT ARE NOT BIG NEIN, DER SCHUH UND DER HUT SIND NICHT GROSS YOU ARE VERY NOISY, AND I AM VERY HEAVY (not to a friend) SIE SIND SEHR LAUT, UND ICH BIN SEHR SCHWER YES, YOU ARE ALSO QUITE LATE (to a friend) JA, DU BIST AUCH GANZ SPÄT * %SENTENCES_F_E 6 DU BIST NUR KLEIN YOU ARE ONLY SMALL SIE SIND SEHR GROSS UND SCHWER YOU ARE VERY BIG AND HEAVY (to a friend) DU BIST AUCH SPÄT YOU ARE ALSO LATE SIE SIND GANZ SCHNELL ABER MÜDE YOU ARE QUITE QUICK BUT TIRED DU BIST GRAU, BLAU UND ORANGE YOU ARE GREY, BLUE AND ORANGE DER VATER UND DIE MUTTER SIND SEHR SCHWARZ THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER ARE VERY BLACK * %TEXT 1 ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR: HE, SHE, IT. In the last grammar section you were taught that I AM is ICH BIN, and that DU BIST and SIE SIND are YOU ARE. Now we will look at the words HE, SHE and IT. The German for HE is ER. (pronounced AIR) Imagine thinking "HE always ERRs when he speaks". 0 For example, HE IS LATE is ER IST SPÄT 0 IST ER SCHWARZ? is IS HE BLACK? # The German for SHE is SIE. (pronounced ZEE) 0 So, SIE IST is SHE IS 0 SIE IST MÜDE is SHE IS TIRED The German for IT is ES. (pronounced ES) Imagine IT is an "S" bend. 0 So, IT IS is ES IST 0 ES IST SPÄT is IT IS LATE 0 IST ES SPÄT? is IS IT LATE? # 0 In Summary: ICH BIN SCHWARZ is I AM BLACK 0 DU BIST SCHWARZ is YOU ARE BLACK (to a friend) 0 SIE SIND SCHWARZ is YOU ARE BLACK 0 ER IST SCHWARZ is HE IS BLACK 0 SIE IST SCHWARZ is SHE IS BLACK 0 SIE SIND is YOU ARE 0 SIE IST is SHE IS Finally, the German for WE is WIR. (pronounced VEER) Imagine WE are VEERing all over the road. So, WE ARE BLACK is WIR SIND SCHWARZ # * %SENTENCES_E_F 5 SHE IS TIRED AND EMPTY SIE IST MÜDE UND LEER HE IS ONLY GREEN ER IST NUR GRÜN YOU ARE VERY HEAVY (to a friend) DU BIST SEHR SCHWER IT IS WHITE AND BROWN ES IST WEISS UND BRAUN YOU ARE NOT LATE SIE SIND NICHT SPÄT * %SENTENCES_F_E 5 SIE IST NUR KLEIN SHE IS ONLY SMALL ER IST SEHR GROSS UND SEHR SCHWER HE IS VERY BIG AND VERY HEAVY ES IST GRÜN, WEISS UND BLAU ABER NICHT BRAUN IT IS GREEN, WHITE AND BLUE BUT NOT BROWN DAS BILD UND DIE GARDINE SIND AUCH ROT THE PICTURE AND THE CURTAIN ARE ALSO RED DAS BETT UND DAS BRETT SIND SCHWER, ABER ER IST GANZ KLEIN THE BED AND THE SHELF ARE HEAVY, BUT HE IS QUITE SMALL *